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The Flame
By Yanki Tauber
We can sit and gaze at it for hours. What is it about a burning flame that captures our imagination?  3 Comments | |
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Graceful Light
By Yitzchak Ginsburgh
By defining themselves in perfect contradistinction to one another, "light" and "darkness" enter into a symmetrical bond which attests to an underlying unity forming their common source 2 Comments | |
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The Living Menorah
By Naftali Silberberg
"One must listen to the Chanukah candles." As it turns out, the candles are master educators. Four messages the candles impart to the educator. | |
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A Time to Light Your Child's Way
A Lesson From Chanukah
By Elana Mizrahi
His pulling and pleading become more insistent and I ignored him. I knew his cries were a result of being tired and cranky and I had thought that he could wait... 1 Comment | |
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The Lamplighter
Why doesn't the shamash count?
By Yanki Tauber
On the essence of shamash, the "servant candle" of the Chanukah menorah 1 Comment | |
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Doorposts
By Yanki Tauber
Two mitzvot are connected with the doorway: the mezuzah and the Chanukah lights. The mezuzah points inward, while the Chanukah lights are oriented outward | |
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Nightlight
Based on the teachings of the Lubavitcher Rebbe
The three significant differences between the menorah in the Holy Temple and the Chanukah menorah: Day and night, inside and out, seven and eight 1 Comment | |
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Accumulating Lights
Based on the teachings of the Lubavitcher Rebbe
We are creatures of the actual. We judge people by their conduct; reality, to us, is what is | |
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Eight Lights, Eight Lessons
By Shlomo Yaffe
Each day has a purpose, so each of the menorah's lights must have a distinct lesson. Let us explore eight lessons we can learn from these little lights... | |
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The Two Sides Of The Doorway
From the talks of the Lubavitcher Rebbe, Rabbi Menachem M. Schneerson
The Mitzvah of the Chanukah lights is similar in two respects to that of the mezuzah | |
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How Many Lights?
From the talks of the Lubavitcher Rebbe, Rabbi Menachem M. Schneerson
The mitzvah of Chanukah entails lighting one candle each night for a person and his household | |
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The Eighth Sphere
By Yanki Tauber
The teacher has locked his door, the mentor has disappeared, and one's own soul has turned dark and cold. When no solution for the darkness is in sight, this can only mean one thing: the darkness itself is the solution | |
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The Empty Menorah
By Michoel Gourarie
In the first few days the menorah always seems very empty and incomplete. Wouldn't it be more logical to kindle these flames in single candlesticks, adding one each night | |
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